Paula Spencer Libri

Sourcebook covering pregnancy and childbirth from conception through the first weeks of a baby's life. Includes information on physical and emotional changes during pregnancy, fetal development, eating and fitness, special situations, work concerns, and newborn basics.

Lose the Guilt, Love Your InstinctsIf the latest “breakthrough” child-development theory, parenting technique, or child-appropriate diet makes you worry or groan (or just want to lie down for a nap), it’s time to make way for Momfidence! Paula Spencer, parenting expert and mother of four, provides refreshing, down-to-earth proof that most of the business of raising confident, healthy children involves nothing more complicated that trusting your instincts, using common sense, and above all, hanging on to your humor.Momfidence! •Using “perfect” only to describe such wonders as a ripe peach, a cloudless day at the beach, or a husband who does diapers and dinner. . . It has no application whatsoever in describing motherhood.•Recognizing that there are appropriate times and places for lying, yelling, threatening, bribing, and saying “I told you so”•Sending yourself to time-out—preferably with chocolate and/or your spouse•Being completely amnesiac about the day’s exasperating transgressions when you peek in your children’s bedrooms at night and watch them sleepBased on her popular Woman’s Day and Parenting columns, Momfidence! explains how obsessing less and winging it more can keep you sane—and your kids healthy and happy. It’s a hilarious look at “perfect motherhood” that cuts parents a long-overdue break by reminding us that we’re not the amateurs here—we’re all experts, too.

Alle soglie dei quarantotto anni Paula, indimenticata protagonista di La donna che sbatteva nelle porte , si trova a dover rimettere insieme i pezzi della sua vita. Charlo, il marito violento e manesco, è morto; ma le ha lasciato segni tangibili nel corpo e nell’anima. E l’ha indotta all’alcolismo. A dire il vero, lei non beve ormai da mesi e ha anche un lavoro stabile come donna delle pulizie. Ma gli ostacoli da superare sono ancora molti: la memoria del passato, l’assedio dei sensi di colpa. John Paul, il figlio maggiore, eroinomane, se ne è andato di casa da un pezzo; e sulla coscienza di Paula pesa come un macigno la bottiglia che lei stessa, un Natale, regalò alla figlia Nicola, per avere una compagna di bevute. Adesso Nicola è un’adulta matura e una mamma responsabile, che continua a occuparsi anche della propria madre; quanto a John Paul, si è disintossicato e rifatto una famiglia. Ma ha altri due figli a cui pensare: Jack, un adolescente severo e taciturno, e Leanne: Leanne la pazza, l’adorabile, la cervellona. Leanne l’alcolizzata. Contro di lei, per lei, Paula dovrà combattere l’ultima e la più dura delle battaglie.

Filled with stage-by-stage tips, strategies, and exercises, this book will help readers manage all the major challenges parents face, including tantrums, bedtime struggles, separation anxiety, toilet training, and aggression

An etiquette guide for pregnant women offers answers to questions concerning maternity clothes, baby showers, birth announcements, naming the baby, adoption, birth ceremonies, and maternity leave.